Accessible Companion: Berlin Wall & Brandenburg Gate

OVERVIEW

This excursion is for guests that use a cane/walker, have limited mobility issues or for companions of those guest that have booked mobility equipment tour.

Those guests that are fully dependent on their mobility device please book: WAR_A4 ACCESSIBLE Mobility Equipment- Berlin Wall & Brandenburg Gate.

Tour includes step-free routes, shorter distances and no stairs. Accessible restrooms with wide doors for wheelchairs are present along the tour route. Vehicles are adapted with an access ramp (or lift where available) to accommodate a limited number of wheelchairs and/or mobility scooters. Guides are not allowed to push wheelchairs; therefore, guests needing special assistance must be accompanied by an able-bodied.

Visit the highlights of Berlin, some notorious, others wonderfully enriching and still others that reflect the rich history of the city, which was founded in 1183. Among them is the Berlin Wall Memorial, a hallowed place of remembrance that commemorates those who lost their lives trying to cross the wall. You will also see Brandenburg Gate, where in 1987 President Ronald Reagan famously urged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall”– referring to the Berlin Wall. Not far away stands the somber Holocaust memorial, a collection of concrete pillars that honors and remembers the millions of Jewish victims of the Holocaust. After lunch on your own around Gendarmenmarkt square, you will stop at Checkpoint Charlie, the former border crossing between the East and West. Other landmarks include the Kaiser Wilhelm Church, the expansive square Alexanderplatz and the East Side Gallery, a lengthy remnant of the Berlin Wall with murals that celebrate freedom of expression.

HIGHLIGHTS

• See the Berlin Wall Memorial and Brandenburg Gate, a symbol of unity after the wall fell.
• View the Holocaust Memorial, a somber place of remembrance.
• Enjoy lunch on your own around Gendarmenmarkt square, which offers plenty of choices.
• Stop at Checkpoint Charlie, the famed former border crossing.

HELPFUL HINTS

• Dress in weather-appropriate clothing.